Documentary-Style Branded Content
Billet Media’s production team is headed by award-winning filmmakers Jarrod Stark and Dale Roossien; two creative producers with a passion for documentary filmmaking and visual storytelling. When we’re not creating great documentaries like our recent feature film Panther People, we’re working on branded content, or short-form documentary content for clients like Autism Speaks Canada, Halton Region, the Halton Catholic District School Board, the Mosaic Institute, and others.
Jarrod Stark’s 2019 film “Grandmother’s Voice: Healing the Scars of Colonialism” won the award for Best Historical Film at the Canadian Diversity Film Festival, and has received Official Selection status at several other film festivals, along with airplay on television.
Our production team also includes a dedicated and experienced group of writers, directors, cinematographers, editors, and animators who create great-quality work on time and on budget. For larger projects, we can employ two production units for simultaneous multi-site cinematic production.
We work with a wide variety of clients in sensitive spaces like education, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, media, insurance, law, and finance. We have experience creating content that not only meets the standard advertising rules in Canada and the US, but also to the additional and sometimes rigorous stipulations of organizations like PAAB (Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board), the Law Society of Upper Canada, Health Canada, and IIROC (the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada).
With almost 25 years of experience creating video content for clients, the team at Billet Media understand how to effectively manage projects with multiple stakeholders and often-opposing objectives.
If you take a look at our portfolio you’ll see some of the work we do for clients, but we also create a significant body of work that we cannot show you; things like paywalled real estate seminars, physicians-only CME (Continuing Medical Education) content, and other, similar narrowcasts. If you need help creating this type of content, we’d love to assist you.
Our Creative Team
Jarrod Stark, Managing Director:
Dale Roossien, Director of Photography:
Paedric O’Sullivan, Director of Creative Services:
Paedric is a 35-year veteran of the film and television industry, starting at MuchMusic in the 90s. Over time Paedric has become a leader in creative operations; building and running production and post-production studios in both Canada and the US, for global brands, creative agencies, and film studios.
What people are saying
“Jarrod is a very skillful and knowledgeable guy who will do everything he can to fulfill your requirements. Do not look any further if you need help with photography and videography.”
“Jarrod helped me re-brand my business. He came up with the name and logo and designed a long-term marketing plan, which helped me grow the business significantly. HI have since recommended him to several of my friends, and they have all been very happy.”
“Working with Billet Media is a pleasure. I have to say Jarrod and his team are phenomenal, and whenever you need to get something done, you can always count on Jarrod to produce top quality product for whatever budget that you have in mind.”